“In Nature nothing; is mean or contemptible, and it is only pride, originating in a false idea of our superiority, which causes our contempt for some of her productions. In the eyes of Nature, however, the oyster that vegetates at the bottom of the sea is as dear and perfect as the proud biped who devours it.” MeanIdeasEyeReligionCausesPerfectSeaPrideProudBottomDearProductionsContemptSuperiorityOysters Author:Baron d'Holbach
“All children are born Atheists; they have no idea of God.” ChildrenIdeasReligionBornAtheismAtheistNo Idea Author:Baron d'Holbach
“Can theology give to the mind the ineffable boon of conceiving that which no man is in a capacity to comprehend? Can it procure to its agents the marvellous faculty of having precise ideas of a god composed of so many contradictory qualities?” MenGivingMindIdeasQualityAtheismCapacityPositive AtheismTheologyAgentsFacultyPreciseContradictoryMarvellousIneffableBoonConceiving Author:Baron d'Holbach
“Savage and furious nations, perpetually at war, adore, under diverse names, some God, conformable to their ideas, that is to say, cruel, carnivorous, selfish, blood-thirsty.” IdeasWarNamesNationsBloodSelfishDiverseSavagesAdoreFuriousThirsty Author:Baron d'Holbach
“God, we are told, is willing to render himself inconsistent and ridiculous, to confound the curiosity of those whom, we are at the same time informed, he desires to enlighten by his special grace. What must we think of a revelation which, far from teaching us any thing, is calculated to darken and puzzle the clearest ideas?” ThinkingIdeasDesireGraceTeachingSpecialWillingCuriosityRidiculousRevelationsPuzzlesEnlighteningInconsistent Author:Baron d'Holbach
